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sybarite

/sib-uh-rahyt/US // ˈsɪb əˌraɪt //UK // (ˈsɪbəˌraɪt) //

共济会,共济会会员,共济会主席,共济会组织

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
    • : an inhabitant of Sybaris.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounvoluptuary
Synonyms
epicure爱好者,嗜好者,爱慕者,爱好者们epicurean爱好者,嗜好者,美食家,饮食业hedonist享乐主义者,享乐主义者,享乐者,享乐主义sensualist感性主义者,感性派,感性主义者,感性的人pleasure seeker寻欢作乐者,寻欢作乐,寻欢作乐的人,寻乐者
nounhedonist
Synonyms
epicure爱好者,嗜好者,爱慕者,爱好者们sensualist感性主义者,感性派,感性主义者,感性的人voluptuary妖怪,妖娆,妖精,妖艳

Examples

  • He was not used to travelling on omnibuses, being something of a sybarite who spared nothing to ensure his own comfort.

  • Secondly, you are a Sybarite, and you do not without very serious reasons place yourself outside the pale of civilisation.

  • She was fed on the daintiest of fare, for Aggie was a sybarite in all sensuous pleasures that were apart from sex.

  • We are told that one Sybarite, for instance, once ordered his slaves to prepare a couch for him of fresh rose leaves.

  • "Hear reason, you immoderate Sybarite," began Rhodopis, endeavoring with a smile to excuse her proceeding.

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